Puerto Rico1
-
Upload
christine-campbell -
Category
Education
-
view
435 -
download
2
description
Transcript of Puerto Rico1
![Page 1: Puerto Rico1](https://reader034.fdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022051609/547053e7b4af9f9d0a8b46fc/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
PUERTO RICO
![Page 2: Puerto Rico1](https://reader034.fdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022051609/547053e7b4af9f9d0a8b46fc/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
• The climate is very tropical
![Page 3: Puerto Rico1](https://reader034.fdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022051609/547053e7b4af9f9d0a8b46fc/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
• The terrain is mostly mountainous with coastal plains in north
![Page 4: Puerto Rico1](https://reader034.fdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022051609/547053e7b4af9f9d0a8b46fc/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Los indígenas
• Cristobal Colón descubrió la isla. Los indígenas se llaman arawaks.
![Page 5: Puerto Rico1](https://reader034.fdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022051609/547053e7b4af9f9d0a8b46fc/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
El Morro
• The oldest Spanish fort in the New World, El Morro was built to protect San Juan from attacks from the sea and to control entry to the harbour.
![Page 6: Puerto Rico1](https://reader034.fdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022051609/547053e7b4af9f9d0a8b46fc/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Plaza de San José• The Plaza stands in
front of the bronze statue of Ponce de León, made from British cannons captured in during Sir Ralph Abercromby's attack in 1797. The plaza is skirted by a number of historic buildings.
![Page 7: Puerto Rico1](https://reader034.fdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022051609/547053e7b4af9f9d0a8b46fc/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Industria Native American Tobacco flower and buds
![Page 8: Puerto Rico1](https://reader034.fdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022051609/547053e7b4af9f9d0a8b46fc/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
El Gobierno
• Puerto Rico is a self-governing commonwealth in association with the United States.
• The head of government is an elected Govenor.
• There is a House of Representatives and a Senate.
• The President of the US is the chief of state.
![Page 9: Puerto Rico1](https://reader034.fdocuments.us/reader034/viewer/2022051609/547053e7b4af9f9d0a8b46fc/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
• The population of Puerto Rico is 3,927,188